By Regina Sass
All-inclusive
resorts for a family in the
Caribbean have packages available that let you just come and have a good time without worrying about money or the kids. There is so much to do at each of these best all-inclusive Caribbean family resorts, you will not need to spend money anywhere else, except at the casinos. As for the kids, they all have their own supervised activities.
Barbados
Almond Resorts is on 32 private acres, with 1 mile of beach front, on the Platinum coast of Barbados. There are 395 rooms and most have a balcony or patio. The property offers four on-site restaurants. The Reef is right by the ocean and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Horizon is the main restaurant. La Smarrita is the choice for an Italian meal. Enid's Restaurant is open for dinner and serves Bajan cuisine. The package includes unlimited meals and drinks at the restaurants and bars, room service for lunch and dinner, water sports, swimming pool, spa tub, beach, table tennis, tennis, billiards, volleyball, fitness center, aerobics, sailing, cooking classes, dance lessons and yoga. There is a nursery for children up to 23 months old, a mini club for children 2 to 4, a kids club for children 5 to 7 and 8 to 12 years old and a teen center.
Almond Resorts
St. Peter
Barbados, WI
Tel: + 11 (246) 0422-4900
http://almondresorts.com/Resorts/AlmondVillage/
Aruba
Occidental Grand Aruba is in the Palm Beach section of Aruba. The resort has 398 rooms and suites, six restaurants, five bars, a free-form pool, an on-site casino and nightly entertainment. Occidental Grand Aruba is an all-inclusive resort featuring unlimited meals, snacks and beverages, in-room breakfast, pool, two whirlpools, fitness room, tennis and scuba lessons, daily programs, water polo, aqua aerobics, snorkeling, kayaking and a Kids Club for ages 4 to 12.
Occidental Grand Aruba
J.E. Irausquin Boulevard 83
Palm Beach, Aruba
Tel: (297) 586-4500
http://occidentalhotels.com/grand/Aruba.asp
Curacao
Breezes Curacao has 1,500 square feet of beach front, the largest casino in Curacao and 333 rooms and suites. The all-inclusive feature includes all meals and drinks at the four restaurants, all entertainment, land and water sports such as wind surfing, Hobie cat sailing, kayaking, snorkeling, scuba diving, paddle-boating, pool volleyball, pool, children's pool, bicycles, table tennis, beach volleyball, trapeze and circus workshop, ice skating and fitness center. The kids have their own snack bar, Kids Club and Teen Club.
Breezes Curacao
Tel: (877) 273-3937
http://breezes.com/resorts/curacao/
About the Author:
Regina Sass is based in the Adirondack Region of New York State. She has been a writer for 10 years writing for publications in the real estate and retail industries. Online experience includes writing,advertising and editing for an educational web site. Sass is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
